2020 New Music Releases

As this list of 2020 New Music Releases shows, the year actually got off to a pretty fast start before the novel coronavirus shut things down.

Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris' band British Lion kicked off the year with their second album, just one day before launching a first-ever U.S. tour. Drive-By Truckers released The Unraveling, their first new studio project in more than three years – their longest gap ever.

The list of 2020 New Music Releases also included Blue Oyster Cult return with a live album titled Hard Rock Live Cleveland 2014 and a reissued, remastered version of their 12th studio LP, Cult Classic. (That should hold fans over while they continue work on new material.) Already issued as a film and compact disc, John Fogerty's well-received 50 Year Trip: Live at Red Rocks returned on vinyl.

May 15Andrew Farriss [INXS], Andrew FarrissJason Isbell, ReunionsKing Buzzo [Melvins], Gift of SacrificeLou Reed, When Your Heart Is Made Out of IceNRBQ, High Noon: A 50-Year Retrospective (5CD)Steve Howe [Yes], Love IsWillie Nile, New York at Night

May 22The Band, Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band (DVD)Bill Bruford [Yes / King Crimson], Live at the Venue / 4th Album Rehearsal Sessions (2CD); Gradually Going Tornado / The Bruford TapesDennis DeYoung [Styx], 26 East: Volume 1Indigo Girls, Look LongPhil Ochs, The Best of the Rest: Rare and Unreleased Recordings